The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-22


| placed her in George Haupt's buggy, he was
! trying 70 back the horse by the bit, when
/ he reared up and fen over on Mr.. Palmer, and
/ in his efforts to get up struck him with his
! fore feet Bystanders rescued him from his
/ perllous position rs soon as possible and
helped the horse to rise. Although Mr..
[ Palmer felt no injury at the time, il is
/ feared that he will experience trouble from
! his encounter.
At Athens Tuesday while young John
! Barnes, a university student and a son of
/ Congressman Barnes, Of Augusta, was
/ walking with friend on College ayente, in
] the direction of the post Office. negro man
insisted upon going between Barnes and his
friend, who We're walking arm-in-arin.
| They naturally resented this and ordered the
negro to 20 around, whereupon he became
lmpudent and insulting TO the young men.
Mr.. Barnes quietly knocked the fellow down
and passed on The affair was really laugh
able. owing TO the cool manner i'll which Mr.
Barnes laid the negro out and his apparent
Indifference to the matter.
A grand cOnclave OF the Knights of
PythiaS WAS held at Brunswick Tuesday in
| honor of the formation of a new uniform
lodge in that city. Teutouia and Du(iueSe-
lin lodges of Savannah were well represent
Ell, the visitors arriving at noon by the st.
Nicholas, and were escorted to the armory
by the brethren and the Atlantic Band
After being entertained to a sunlptuouS
dinner at the Ocean Hotel grand parade of
the city took place and the splendid uni
forms and martial appearance elected hearty
appreciation. Tuesday night the brethren
Were entertained at L'Arioso Hall. where
the band fair is in progress.
The petition for incorporation of the
D'Antignac Real Estate and Improvement
Company has been filed in the Superior
Court OF Richmond county The principal
business will be that OF q land and improve
ment company, TO deal in real and personal
property, and to purchase, sell. exchange,
mortgage, lease, rent, partition and improve
the same II any manner and i'll such designs
as 10 the corporation shall seem best The
petitioners are H. II. D'Antignac, W. NJ.
ID Antlgnac and Z. W. Carwiie, and the
business will be done in Augusta. Among
the work which the company viii push is
the erection Of three splendid stores on the
wellknown D'AntiCnac property. on Broad.
near Campbell street. The stores viii be
two stories in height, iron fronts and plate
glass windows. They will be ready for oc-
cupancy 10y Oct. l.
At Athens after much DELAY the contract
for the new Opera House has been finally
awarded to McGinty & Co. 1t Is not known
what the figures are. though considerably
above $1,000 for the walls. roofs and the
floor. The interior of the hall viii be decorated
and finished b. contractors vet to be selected
NcI4inty 4 Co. have also received the con
tract to build three-stOrY brick, iron front
store on the corner of Clayton and Jackson
streets for DR.. W. A Carlton This house
VIII adlom the opera house stores. The va
cant lot between the opera house and Craw-
lords drug store was purchased Tuesday
from Ferdinand PhiniZy by McGinty & Co
who viii erect a three-Storv brick. with
iron front. 1t viii be seen that the whole
block on Clayton street opposite the post
Office VIII be built up with three-stOrv brick.
IRON front stores The contract calls for the
completion of the work by Sept. l. Athens
viii thus in one place, get over $4,000
worth of improvements.
The rumor about the students at Athens
boycottlng a certain drug store. while not
untOunded, Is based on a simple misunder-
standing. Tor several days past the grand
jury baiiffs have been serving subppnas
upon studealts in order to get their testimony
about certgln matters the jury was investi-
eating The students naturally were dOdg-
Ing the halhH and some Of them were hiding
out TO esctpe summons. One of the bailifrS
was new hand, who did not know toe
students whose presence the jury wanted.
and when he stepped INTO the store of G. W.
Rush, on College avenue. and Incl
Gentally asked who a certain student stand
ing on the other side of the street was
,ai' num- nov kno"lng VINO he was, gave
his name. The hailif went across and
served Che subpoena on the young man. vino
denied being named so-and-So. but said
the baiEtf. Il know you are, for Mr.. Rush
across the street told me so So the cat got
out o. the bag, and boycott was ordered
by the students against the drug store of
Rush. Il the young men had investigated
the matter they would have seen that the
information was given unintentionallv. It
Is said, however, that the real secret OF the
trouble dates back TO the refusal of Mr..
Rush, the owner of the drug store. to give
certain young men credit; in fact. this is
the cause OF the whole trouble, in Rush's
opinion. The boycott is not being very
strictly enforced